Conference Sessions

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SCTS 2026 | Cardiac Revascularization

June 4, 2026 | Ferdi Akca

At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on cardiac revascularization. Dr. Tarun Mital, a consultant cardiothoracic radiologist at Harefield Hospital, UK, and honorary senior clinical lecturer...

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ISMICS 2026 | Updates on Complex Cardiac Surgical Interventions

August 20, 2026 | Danny Ramzy…

This cardiac session features leading surgeons providing updates on complex cardiac surgical interventions at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026. To begin, Danny Ramzy,...

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ISMICS 2026 | Advancements in Robotic and Complex Thoracic Surgery

August 14, 2026 | Desmond D'Souza…

This thoracic session features leading surgeons presenting on advancements in robotic and complex thoracic surgery at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026. To begin,...

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ISMICS 2026 | Cardiac Session—Intraoperative Pearls and Pitfalls

August 7, 2026 | Mario Castillo-Sang

This cardiac session features leading surgeon Mario Castillo-Sang presenting on intraoperative pearls and pitfalls at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026. CTSNet Senior Editor—Cardiac...

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THVGreece 2026 | Tricuspid Valve

August 6, 2026 | Evangelos Leontiadis…

This session features leading surgeons discussing the tricuspid valve at the Transcatheter Heart Valves Greece (THVGreece) 2026 conference. Moderators Vassilis Voudris, Director of the Cardiology/Interventional Cardiology Division, Onassis Cardiac Surgery...

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Current Status of the Management of Mesothelioma

September 5, 2019 | Paul Van Schil

Paul E. Van Schil of Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium presents a discussion on the current status of the management of mesothelioma. He focuses on potentially resectable mesothelioma disease using...

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Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Degenerated Surgical Prosthesis: What Does the Science Say in 2019?

September 4, 2019 | Ourania Preventza

E. Murat Tuzcu of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Ourania Preventza of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, discuss valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement...

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Apical Myectomy for Nonobstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

August 27, 2019 | Hartzell Schaff

Objectives The authors present a video of transventricular apical myectomy in a patient with nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Methods A 20-year-old woman with a diagnosis of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) presented...

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How to Use and Deploy the Radial Artery in Coronary Surgery

August 22, 2019 | James Tatoulis

James Tatoulis of the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia discusses the use of the radial artery, including tips and tricks for vein harvesting, and how to deploy it in coronary...

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Debate: Tissue-Engineered Valves Will Dominate in the Future

August 14, 2019 | Magdi Yacoub…

Sir Magdi Yacoub of the Imperial College London in the UK and Patrick Serruys of the Thoraxcenter Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands, discuss the use of tissue-engineered valves versus endogenous...

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Surgical Approaches to Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Tumors

August 8, 2019 | Sridhar Rathinam

Sridhar Rathinam of Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, United Kingdom, discusses surgical approaches for pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors. He focuses on the role of the surgeon in caring for patients with neuroendocrine...

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Early Migration of a Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Prosthesis Causing Coronary Occlusion: A Practical Technique for Surgical Explantation

July 24, 2019 | Jordan Bloom…

Objectives Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become the standard of care for high-risk patients and is growing in popularity for lower risk patients. The authors report a case of...

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Are We Implanting Too Few Mechanical Valves?

July 18, 2019 | Norman Briffa

Norman Briffa of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the UK discusses the decision between mechanical and biological aortic valves, focusing on patients between the ages of 50 and...